Ooh! One of my favourite trees!
Which reminds me, I must get round to repotting my maidenhair this weekend, the poor thing needs to spread its roots a bit.
I'm in korea, so this tree is very common around here. A couple of factoids. NOTHING attacks it; no bugs, no fungi, nothing.
Although a gymnosperm, it produces a sort of fruit: when ripe, it's about the size of a grape. It's yellow and smells like vomit. The seed is edible; it looks like a small fava bean, and is quite tasty, although it causes constipation in moderate quantities (> about 6) and may be toxic at higher doses.
Just me showing off....
Derek Lactin
interesting! i knew it smelled like vomit because it does that here in NYC, too. but i hadn't thought that the seeds were edible, although that does make sense ..
The species is dioecious, so only the female trees stink. The leaves of both sexes turn the most beautiful brilliant yellow in the fall, at least at my latitude.
Ooh! One of my favourite trees!
Which reminds me, I must get round to repotting my maidenhair this weekend, the poor thing needs to spread its roots a bit.
I'm in korea, so this tree is very common around here. A couple of factoids. NOTHING attacks it; no bugs, no fungi, nothing.
Although a gymnosperm, it produces a sort of fruit: when ripe, it's about the size of a grape. It's yellow and smells like vomit. The seed is edible; it looks like a small fava bean, and is quite tasty, although it causes constipation in moderate quantities (> about 6) and may be toxic at higher doses.
Just me showing off....
Derek Lactin
interesting! i knew it smelled like vomit because it does that here in NYC, too. but i hadn't thought that the seeds were edible, although that does make sense ..
The species is dioecious, so only the female trees stink. The leaves of both sexes turn the most beautiful brilliant yellow in the fall, at least at my latitude.